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Sydney Model Railway Exhibition Long Weekend October
The October long weekend was once more upon us and the Sydney Model Train exhibition is again the place to be , but this year we see the return to Liverpool and the Whitlam Leisure Centre.
There were many displays to see to please every taste.
With the live model steam amazing the young and old alike, once you dragged yourself away and entered the hall there were the old favourites and the first time on display models to capture the interest of all.
Once your appetite had been suitably awakened there were many accessory displays to sell you what ever you needed to get your model up and running.
Braggs hobbies did a great job servicing the taste for the “old reds” that seemed to be the hit of the weekend.
The following pictures are but a snippet of what was on display, we would like say to everyone involved a big thanks for a great weekend!
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| A new dawn, a new sign, and a new model. Unveiling of the new model, culminating in hours of work by the dedicated members. |
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| AThe new layout was loosely modelled on an old rail sheds and holding yards of days gone by. |
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| The Reds, usual were of great interest, as was the blue livery set. Detail was not only exceptional on the trains but the surrounding building held some interesting aspects. |
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| What just looks like another building, perhaps a train shed, but on closer inspection it turns out to be a wash she complete with rotary brushes.
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| Here we see the front of the sheds, notice the Bradfield parked in the shed? |
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| Another view showing the inside of the wash shed. Notice the houses ? most displays show the fronts of house, here we see the back yards of suburbia |
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| A different angle of the backyards and the Bradfield on the move, with Peter keepng a concerned eye on the units. |
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| While some displays seem to over accessorise their models distracting from the real “stars” here less seems more, keeping focus on the Reds. |
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| What else would you be doing on a long week end? Mowing the lawns, kids playing on swings, yep it’s a long week alright. |
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| As was said earlier the detail does contain some interesting aspects. |
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| Old Reds, old Government busses, yep memories,... and we thought it could not get any better…..
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| Some old favourites were around, the model “Bellbird” always generates interest at every show. |
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| Detail in some of the models is amazing, you could speed heap s of time just looking at the imagination that went into the model. |
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Photos courtesy of Ed Sutton.
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| Some models focus on detail of one scene, the actual length of the model is not important just getting the picture right is what some are about. |
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